Team

Vello Pettai

ECMI Director

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Sergiusz Bober

Senior Researcher

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Andreea Cârstocea

Senior Researcher

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Dr. Ljubica Đorđević-Vidojković

Ljubica Djordjević

Senior Researcher

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Martin Klatt

Senior Researcher

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Felix Schulte

Senior Researcher

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Kyriaki Topidi

Senior Researcher

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Ruth Kircher

Principal Researcher

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Doğukan Cansın Karakuş

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Elmira Muratova

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Viktoria Aygül

Researcher (on maternity leave)

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Aziz Berdiqulov

Researcher

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Maddi Dorronsoro Olamusu

Researcher

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Jody Metcalfe

Researcher

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Craig Willis

Researcher

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Maj-Britt Risbjerg Hansen

Maj-Britt Risbjerg Hansen

Head of Secretariat

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Stanislav Černega

International Communications Coordinator

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Katharina Jürgensen

Regional Communications Coordinator

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Oana Buta

Project Manager

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Johann C. Hörkner

Project Associate

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Sophia McDonald

Intern

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Soria Blumer

Intern

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Jelena Mihajlov

Consultant

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Meyeti Payet

Consultant

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Executive Board

Chairperson: Jørgen Kühl 
Honorary Professor of Minority Issues, Europa-Universität Flensburg  

Monika Wingender
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Giessen, Germany

Johannes Callsen
Schleswig-Holstein Commissioner for Matters related to National Minorities and Ethnic Groups, Border Area Activities and Low German

Annemarie Falktoft
Deputy Director General, Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, Denmark

Marek Szczygieł
Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Elise Cornu
Director, Division of National Minorities and Minority Languages, Council of Europe

Sönke Rix
Member of the German Parliament

Garbi Schmidt 
Professor, Department of Culture and Identity, Roskilde University, Denmark

Christel Schaldemose
Member, European Parliament

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Linda Pieper
Substitute for Mr. Callsen

Thorsten Afflerbach
Substitute for Ms. Cornu

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